Top Ten Google Sightseeing Posts 2009

Following an absolutely massive launch of Street View imagery across Europe in March, one particular image attracted a lot of traffic to the site. It has since been removed from Google Maps, but others from our roundup remain; like the brilliant depiction of British people’s astonishing ability to queue, even in the face of compelling evidence that it’s utterly pointless.

Yet more Street View! There were a lot of Europeans interested in seeing the things on that we found in the new imagery, and subsequently we’ve gained reasonably large following on our Twitter account, where we regularly post funny Street View sights that don’t make it into full posts.

Yes, Street View really was popular this year… helped by comedian Dave Gorman, who quickly found himself in the new imagery. However it was a possible sighting of Top Gear’s Stig that got people really excited, sorry Dave. To add more insult to Mr. Gorman’s celebrity status, it actually turned out to be a cardboard cut-out of the Stig.

People’s appetite for new Street View just didn’t let up did it? Many of these were immediately removed from Google’s servers, but that didn’t stop them getting into most of the UK Red Tops.

Judging by this list, it would seem that we wrote about nothing much but Street View this year, but in fact we posted over 220 new articles, which covered loads of really interesting sights. We hope to post a roundup of some of our favourites before the end of the year, and we’ll be back in full swing early next year.

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You state that the list of top ten rudest place names in the US included Climax, Michigan. It actually included Climax, Minnesota. The Climax in Michigan was so named because the group who settled there declared it to be the ‘Climax of our journey!’

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